Three water line breaks deluge Nahant officials

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Town Administrator Mark Cullinan said he suspects a flow test for installing a sprinkler system at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center caused three water line breaks within a 20-minute period midday Friday that left about 100 homes with reduced or no water pressure.

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He estimated that the water was about three to four feet high, and a layer of clay, sand and rocks coated Willow Street where the flood had come around the corner. "It just looped around and traveled all the way down ... it's unheard of, I have never, ever seen three breaks simultaneously."

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Cullinan said he suspects the breaks were related to a flow test that was being done for a sprinkler system to be installed at Northeastern University Marine Science Center on East Point.

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